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In reply to the discussion: Michael Browns autopsy diagram..... [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)28. He may well have been -
but I don't think it is smart, at this point, to be insisting that the only possibility is an execution - when (1) that was not one of scenarios suggested and (2) the charging scenario was suggested - by the doctor who performed the autopsy which is MOST likely to be biased in favor of Brown.
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You could be shot in the top of the head if you are falling forward towards the shooter. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2014
#11
Read the NYT article - which quotes the doctor the family retained to do the autopsy.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#15
You're right, context is important and highlighting only one portion of a quote
justiceischeap
Aug 2014
#49
How many criminals charge like a bull preparing to head butt the cop with the gun?
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#18
Quoting the doctor retained by the family is not spinning a far-fetched fantasy. n/t
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#43
"Gangland style execution" is how such a murder would be described byt the media.
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#7
Or - as the doctor who performed the private autopsy on behalf of Brown's parents said,
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#19
Some talking points on cable news try to say officer tried to just wound him first...hitting the arm
FarPoint
Aug 2014
#5
The autopsy brings up questions as to the correctness of 'eyewitnesses'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2014
#27